Morpheme
Jabber
Type
free base
Denotation
talk rapidly and indistinctly
Etymology
1650s variant of jablen, javeren, jaberen, chaveren, jawin
Evidence
jabber, jabbered, jabberer, jabberfest, jabbering, jabberingly, jabberment, jabbers, jabbersome, jabbery
Notes
<r> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable
homophone of <Jab + -(e)r>
